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Phase 2C: Open to everyone, the main phase for most families

Phase 2C is the open phase. It is where most families without a sibling, alumni or volunteer connection register, and it is where home-school distance matters most.

Last reviewed against official sources: 9 July 2026

Independent parent-run guide: not affiliated with MOE or any school. Always confirm dates, eligibility and results with official MOE sources before you act.

Phase 2C · 2026 exercise (for Primary 1 in 2027)
Registration window
28 to 30 July 2026 (9am to 4:30pm)
Results
11 August 2026

If you are still unplaced after 2C, Phase 2C Supplementary (17 to 18 August 2026, results 27 August) lets you register at a school that still has vacancies.

Dates for convenience only, confirm on MOE's key-dates page before registering.

Who qualifies for Phase 2C

  • All Singapore Citizen and PR children not yet placed in an earlier phase. No prior connection to the school is needed.
  • This is the phase the majority of families use.

How places are decided

MOE reserves 40 places at every school for Phase 2C at the start, and after Phase 2A two-thirds of any remaining places flow to 2C (one-third to 2B), so 2C usually has the largest block of open places.

When 2C is oversubscribed, places are given by citizenship then distance: Singapore Citizens within 1km, then SC 1 to 2km, then SC beyond 2km, then the same three bands for PRs. A higher band is cleared completely before the next is considered.

A ballot is held only in the single band where places finally run out. That is why a school can offer many 2C places yet only ballot within, say, Singapore Citizens living within 1km.

Every school ranked by Phase 2C demand

How competitive each school was at Phase 2C in the 2025 exercise, the most recent one with published figures. Demand is applicants divided by the places open at this phase, so a higher figure means more children chased each place. Over 100% means the phase was oversubscribed; a balloted tag means a place was actually decided by ballot. This is a guide to past demand, not a prediction.

# School Applied Places Demand
1 Princess Elizabeth Balloted 232 41 566%
2 Nan Hua Balloted 166 41 405%
3 South View Balloted 155 41 378%
4 Northland Balloted 142 41 346%
5 Chongfu Balloted 138 40 345%
6 Nan Chiau Balloted 269 85 316%
7 St. Hilda's Balloted 136 43 316%
8 Rosyth Balloted 132 42 314%
9 Angsana Balloted 167 59 283%
10 Gongshang Balloted 117 44 266%
11 Wellington Balloted 104 40 260%
12 Maha Bodhi Balloted 125 49 255%
13 Hong Wen Balloted 153 62 247%
14 Rulang Balloted 98 40 245%
15 Holy Innocents' Balloted 110 45 244%
16 Kong Hwa Balloted 118 49 241%
17 Red Swastika Balloted 93 41 227%
18 Poi Ching Balloted 212 99 214%
19 Yangzheng Balloted 98 47 209%
20 Pei Chun Public Balloted 94 45 209%
21 Temasek Balloted 103 50 206%
22 Pei Hwa Presbyterian Balloted 84 41 205%
23 Radin Mas Balloted 96 47 204%
24 Punggol Green Balloted 118 58 203%
25 Maris Stella High ( Section) Balloted 124 62 200%
26 Chua Chu Kang Balloted 152 77 197%
27 Shuqun Balloted 79 41 193%
28 Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Balloted 113 59 192%
29 Ai Tong Balloted 81 43 188%
30 North View Balloted 109 60 182%
31 Tao Nan Balloted 81 45 180%
32 Catholic High ( Section) Balloted 72 40 180%
33 Sengkang Green Balloted 84 48 175%
34 Elias Park Balloted 115 66 174%
35 Methodist Girls' () Balloted 78 45 173%
36 CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' ( Section) Balloted 71 41 173%
37 Waterway Balloted 102 60 170%
38 Admiralty Balloted 87 52 167%
39 Fairfield Methodist () Balloted 70 42 167%
40 Frontier Balloted 66 40 165%
41 Xinmin Balloted 87 53 164%
42 Keming Balloted 125 77 162%
43 Horizon Balloted 79 50 158%
44 Tanjong Katong Balloted 83 53 157%
45 CHIJ (Toa Payoh) Balloted 77 49 157%
46 Anglo-Chinese (Junior) Balloted 95 61 156%
47 Valour Balloted 88 57 154%
48 Nanyang Balloted 63 42 150%
49 Northshore Balloted 128 86 149%
50 Henry Park Balloted 93 63 148%
51 Huamin Balloted 86 58 148%
52 St. Joseph's Institution Junior Balloted 115 78 147%
53 St. Anthony's Balloted 124 85 146%
54 Riverside Balloted 79 54 146%
55 Anglo-Chinese () Balloted 96 66 145%
56 Pasir Ris Balloted 59 41 144%
57 Sembawang Balloted 107 75 143%
58 Westwood Balloted 76 53 143%
59 Singapore Chinese Girls' Balloted 58 41 141%
60 Anderson Balloted 91 65 140%
61 Yu Neng Balloted 60 44 136%
62 Fengshan Balloted 93 69 135%
63 Jurong West Balloted 77 59 131%
64 Mee Toh Balloted 153 119 129%
65 Bukit Panjang Balloted 78 61 128%
66 Punggol 75 59 127%
67 Raffles Girls' Balloted 143 115 124%
68 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' () Balloted 110 89 124%
69 St Andrew's (Junior) Balloted 104 84 124%
70 Canberra Balloted 105 87 121%
71 Ngee Ann Balloted 148 127 117%
72 Hougang 115 98 117%
73 Compassvale Balloted 112 96 117%
74 Rivervale Balloted 111 96 116%
75 Qifa Balloted 148 131 113%
76 CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity Balloted 131 116 113%
77 Concord Balloted 96 86 112%
78 St. Margaret's () 125 113 111%
79 Queenstown Balloted 115 105 110%
80 Alexandra Balloted 73 67 109%
81 Kheng Cheng Balloted 173 162 107%
82 Junyuan Balloted 91 85 107%
83 Naval Base Balloted 64 60 107%
84 Chongzheng 127 125 102%
85 Geylang Methodist () 138 138 100%
86 River Valley 94 94 100%
87 Woodlands 87 90 97%
88 Marsiling 99 104 95%
89 Dazhong 72 80 90%
90 Woodgrove 87 98 89%
91 Haig Girls' 83 98 85%
92 Zhangde 74 87 85%
93 St. Gabriel's 70 82 85%
94 Jing Shan 50 60 83%
95 Greenwood 75 91 82%
96 Zhenghua 50 62 81%
97 De La Salle 114 143 80%
98 Opera Estate 83 104 80%
99 Bukit Timah Balloted 104 132 79%
100 White Sands 79 102 77%
101 Lakeside 97 130 75%
102 Innova 77 105 73%
103 Punggol View 56 77 73%
104 Springdale 66 92 72%
105 Evergreen 68 100 68%
106 CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace 89 132 67%
107 CHIJ (Katong) 71 107 66%
108 Tampines 84 131 64%
109 West Spring 40 63 63%
110 Pioneer 194 332 58%
111 Canossa Catholic 34 60 57%
112 Fern Green 85 153 56%
113 Oasis 59 105 56%
114 Teck Ghee 76 137 55%
115 West View 32 61 52%
116 Palm View 84 165 51%
117 Peiying 53 105 50%
118 Fuchun 47 94 50%
119 Woodlands Ring 50 103 49%
120 Xingnan 47 97 48%
121 Yew Tee 68 144 47%
122 CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel 44 93 47%
123 Casuarina 30 64 47%
124 Bukit View 92 202 46%
125 Fernvale 72 156 46%
126 CHIJ (Kellock) 57 123 46%
127 Qihua 52 112 46%
128 Xishan 66 146 45%
129 Telok Kurau 63 150 42%
130 Yishun 50 122 41%
131 St. Stephen's 74 183 40%
132 Jurong 48 121 40%
133 Endeavour 68 174 39%
134 Cedar 57 146 39%
135 Unity 54 143 38%
136 Park View 42 110 38%
137 Jiemin 38 101 38%
138 Clementi 86 231 37%
139 Beacon 38 107 36%
140 North Spring 41 120 34%
141 East Spring 55 165 33%
142 Xinghua 45 140 32%
143 Tampines North 60 191 31%
144 Greenridge 27 87 31%
145 West Grove 41 137 30%
146 Ang Mo Kio 36 123 29%
147 Mayflower 26 91 29%
148 Marymount Convent 55 206 27%
149 Boon Lay Garden 35 135 26%
150 North Vista 35 136 26%
151 Fuhua 31 119 26%
152 Cantonment 29 116 25%
153 Si Ling 26 118 22%
154 Punggol Cove 26 126 21%
155 Corporation 23 109 21%
156 Blangah Rise 19 89 21%
157 St. Anthony's Canossian 33 164 20%
158 Meridian 29 146 20%
159 Bendemeer 27 133 20%
160 Yio Chu Kang 22 110 20%
161 Changkat 42 220 19%
162 Farrer Park 24 129 19%
163 Greendale 24 128 19%
164 Ahmad Ibrahim 31 185 17%
165 Teck Whye 23 144 16%
166 Bedok Green 30 195 15%
167 Edgefield 26 178 15%
168 Yuhua 26 174 15%
169 Anchor Green 23 155 15%
170 Gan Eng Seng 17 116 15%
171 Pei Tong 30 220 14%
172 New Town 21 178 12%
173 Lianhua 26 242 11%
174 Montfort Junior 11 118 9%
175 Seng Kang 11 127 9%
176 First Toa Payoh 10 151 7%
177 Zhonghua 8 133 6%
178 Northoaks 10 201 5%
179 Yumin 10 201 5%

Source: MOE Vacancies and balloting data (2025), via sgschooling. Tap a school for its full year-by-year ballot history.

Documents and proof to have ready

Registration is online through the P1 Registration Portal with Singpass, so you usually will not upload anything, the school verifies eligibility against its records. Even so, have these ready in case they are asked for:

  • Your child's birth certificate, both parents' NRICs, and proof of your official residential address as shown on your NRIC.
  • The immunisation record. Distance is checked from your registered address, so it must be your genuine home address.

Tips and common pitfalls

Distance is the lever you control
Within your citizenship group, living nearer the school moves you up the priority order. Use OneMap's School Query to confirm whether you are inside the 1km or 2km band before you commit.
The 30-month rule applies
If you get a place through distance priority, you must keep living at that registered address for at least 30 months. A false address is an offence.
Read last year's balloting data
The most recent year's vacancy and ballot figures are the best signal of how hard 2C will be at a given school. Check them fresh each year.
PR families: check the PR cap
A few schools cap PR intake in Phase 2C and 2C Supplementary, at about a quarter to a third of their places. If you are a PR family, check MOE's list of capped schools and the published PR vacancies before you commit. For the 2026 exercise the cap applies to Bukit Timah, Cantonment and Opera Estate primary schools.

Official MOE sources for Phase 2C

Common questions

Does living within 1km guarantee a place in Phase 2C? +

No. Distance gives you priority within your citizenship group. If there are still more applicants than places in your band, a computerised ballot decides. Citizens are always ranked ahead of PRs.

What happens if I do not get a place in Phase 2C? +

Phase 2C Supplementary lets you register at a school that still has vacancies after 2C. MOE publishes the remaining vacancies before that phase opens.

The other phases
Phase 1 A sibling already studies in the school Phase 2A Alumni, staff, committee, or an MOE Kindergarten link Phase 2B Volunteers, church or clan, community leaders Phase 3 International (non-citizen, non-PR) students

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